Yearly Archives: 1999

Deon Potgieter traces the history of the All Africa Games As South Africa bids to become the first African country to host the soccer World Cup, the continent will be the master of ceremonies to the last, multiple sporting event to be staged anywhere in the world this millennium. It’s been a long, hard task […]

Charles LeonardRugby There’s a coach in Cape Town who’s almost as stupid as the guy at Decca Records in London who in 1962 didn’t sign the Beatles because he didn’t see much of a future for them. This Western Province coach, responsible for the under-21 squad, told former South African Schools captain Gcobani “Bobs” Bobo […]

The number of women with genital mutilations visiting South African government hospitals is steadily increasing, reports Khadija Magardie Any memory Rooksana has of her “circumcision” at the age of seven is blurred. All she remembers is two pairs of strong arms forcibly holding her legs apart. But what she does remember is her wedding night […]

should change Barry Streek The age of consent for homosexuals should be reduced from 19 to 16, the South African Law Commission has proposed in an overhaul of the country’s sexual offence laws. The commission says because sexual intercourse in common law is restricted to the penetration of the vagina by the penis, the common […]

Heather Hogan Charlene Smith has received the 1999 South African Courageous Journalism Award for her tireless war against rape and her fight for justice for rape survivors. She shares first place with Sunday Times reporter Mzilikazi wa Afrika. The award is made annually by the Ruth First Memorial Trust and honours journalism that is “bold, […]

Melvyn MinnaarLifestyle There’s going to have to be a lot of drinking before the (real or fake) end of the millennium. That’s if we’re going to get rid of the Great White Lake of Wine which threatens to drown the hopes of our producers in the international wonderful world of wine. And then there is […]

Proposed legislation to govern minimum wages for South Africa’s lowest-paid employment sectors could pose a serious danger for employment losses, writes Haroon Bhorat The Department of Labour has recently called for public submissions and comment on the issue of minimum wages and conditions of employment for domestic and farm workers. An analysis of the first […]

Shaun Harris taking Stock Since the market crash last October our black chips have looked more like black blips in danger of fading right off the investment radar. Personal intrigue at board level has also not helped perceptions of black economic empowerment companies, which are presently probably as negative as they have ever been since […]

Deep under the Eastern Cape’s Kat River dam are 1 000 silent witnesses to one of apartheid’s greatest lies. Peter Dickson reports Across the length and breadth of South Africa, from District Six to Dimbaza, nothing could stop prime minister BJ Vorster’s bulldozers in 1967. Not even in dusty little Seymour, off the beaten track […]

Marianne Merten At least three civilians have applied for the post of Western Cape police commissioner -a first in the history of the police service – despite grumbling among the top brass that the job should go to one of the men in blue. The civilian candidates include Cape Town Safer City manager Omar Valley, […]